TheSkeptic

TheSkeptic, 13 days ago to random

How to engage with arguments rationally, respectfully, and with humility | Michael Marshall

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/05/how-to-engage-with-arguments-rationally-respectfully-and-with-humility/

TheSkeptic, 1 month ago to politics

#TradWife: the misogynistic movement based on cosplaying an American ideal

The #TradWife movement claims to offer women a simple, structured and idealised life. n reality, it reduces women to property, in service to white nationalist agendas

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/04/tradwife-the-misogynistic-movement-based-on-cosplaying-an-american-ideal/

#Extremism #Politics #Religion

TheSkeptic, 2 months ago to Futurology

Blue Pill or Red Pill: the effects of “The Pill Cabinet” and the formation of incel worldviews

Misogynistic and glorifying violence, the incel movement is a misguided reaction to feminism, and the idea that a loss of privilege is a form of oppression

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2024/03/blue-pill-or-red-pill-the-effects-of-the-pill-cabinet-and-the-formation-of-incel-worldviews/

#Extremism #Society

TheSkeptic, 6 months ago to random

Can we really identify the ancient disasters described in ancient myths? | Georgy Kurakin

Many scholars have tried to identify the real events that inspired ancient myths - but with populations migrating, and stories changing, any connection to real history may be long lost

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/11/can-we-really-identify-the-ancient-disasters-described-in-ancient-myths/

TheSkeptic, 6 months ago to random

The recent Glasgow Low Emission Zone protest turned out to be more of a ‘low information zone’ | Brian Eggo

Glasgow's Low Emission Zone protest drew support from QAnon believers and antivaxxers - even Piers Corbyn turned up, to collect money from the crowd

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/10/the-recent-glasgow-low-emission-zone-protest-turned-out-to-be-more-of-a-low-information-zone/

TheSkeptic, 7 months ago to random

Andrew Bridgen’s debate on Covid vaccine deaths: skewed statistics, but no substance | Michael Marshall @Marsh

Andrew Bridgen MP promised an honest parliamentary debate on excess deaths since the Covid vaccine rollout - what he gave us was clearly not that

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/10/andrew-bridgens-debate-on-covid-vaccine-deaths-skewed-statistics-but-no-substance/

TheSkeptic, 8 months ago to climate

The top 10 most infuriating climate change memes, and how to debunk them | Mark Horne

Rather than engage with the realities of climate change, some people prefer the comforting reassurance of denialism, packaged in these 10 infuriating memes

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/09/the-top-10-most-infuriating-climate-change-memes-and-how-to-debunk-them/

#Climate #ClimateChange #Misinformation #ClimateDenial

TheSkeptic, 10 months ago to Paranormal

Monsters of our minds: Why cryptids live only in our imagination
By Georgy Kurakin

Cryptids may seem like unfalsifiable hypotheses, as we can't prove they don't exist, but we can still track their cultural evolution over time

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/07/monsters-of-our-minds-why-cryptids-live-only-in-our-imagination/

#Nessie #Cryptid #cryptozoology